Tom & Jerry Kids

Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Also known as	Tom & Jerry Kids
Genre	Slapstick comedy Absurd humor
Based on	Tom and Jerry by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Directed by	Don Lusk Paul Sommer Carl Urbano Oscar Dufau (Season 1) Robert Alvarez (Season 1, 3–4) Jay Sarbry (Season 3–4) Ray Patterson (supervising director)
Voices of	Frank Welker William Callaway Teresa Ganzel Dick Gautier Phil Hartman Don Messick Charlie Adler Patric Zimmerman
Theme music composer	Tom Worrall
Composers	Tom Worrall Gary Lionelli (Season 2–4)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	65 (195 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna Joseph Barbera Paul Sabella (Season 1 only) Jack Petrik (co-executive producer)
Producers	Don Jurwich Joseph Barbera (Season 2–4) Kay Wright (co-producer, Season 3–4)
Editors	Gil Iverson Tim Iverson Pat Foley (Season 1) Tom Gleason (Season 3–4)
Running time	21 minutes (7 mins per short)
Production companies	H-B Production Co. Turner Entertainment
Distributor	Turner Entertainment
Release
Original network	Fox Kids
Audio format	Dolby Surround
Original release	8 September 1990 (1990-09-08) – 4 December 1993 (1993-12-04)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
Followed by	Tom and Jerry Tales

Tom & Jerry Kids (also known in the first season as Tom & Jerry Kids Show) is an American animated comedy television series co-produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Entertainment Co., and starring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry as toddlers (kitten and mouse).^[1] It began airing as the first program of the Fox children's block, Fox Kids, on September 8, 1990,^[2] and was the second Tom and Jerry TV series to be produced by Hanna-Barbera following The Tom and Jerry Show in 1975.

The series is somewhat similar to the "older" version of the original theatricals, partly akin to being produced by creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, founders of H-B.^[3]

Segments[]

Tom and Jerry Kids[]

The Tom and Jerry Kids cartoons are based on the classic shorts, Tom and Jerry, but it stars the kitten and mouseling instead. They remain silent like their adult selves and both of them are attempting to outwit each other, exactly like in the original shorts. Some of the plots and gags are recycled from old Tom and Jerry cartoons, but the violence is toned down for younger viewers.

Spike and Tyke[]

The Spike and Tyke segments are based on the characters, Spike and Tyke from the original Tom and Jerry series. Strangely, Spike is still an adult and Tyke is slightly older in this series. Spike still loves his son, Tyke, more than anything and enjoys spending time with him. Additionally, Tyke now has the ability to talk, which mean that he has grown smarter and more intelligent. Spike's toughness is only used on occasions, as these segments mostly revolve around his love for his son and on teaching family values.

Droopy and Dripple[]

The Droopy and Dripple segments feature characters from the classic Tex Avery shorts starring Droopy. Droopy has a different job every episode and his son Dripple (a tinier, identical version of him) always follows him as his assistant. The two will usually end up clashing with McWolf, the before-unnamed villainous wolf from Avery shorts that, envious of their success, will use any dirty trick against them to win, but inevitably fails. The beautiful Miss Vavoom (Red in Avery shorts) is another possible source of conflict between the two, as both of them have a crush on her and she, or a kiss from her, is often the prize of some sort of competition. Their "detective" segments were later spun-off into Droopy, Master Detective.

Blast-Off Buzzard[]

Season 4 features a new adaption of the Blast-Off Buzzard segment from the CB Bears where the characters actually talk. In these segments, Blast-Off Buzzard leads his gang of Buzzards as they try to catch Crazylegs. Only two episodes were made.

Episodes[]

Season		Segments	Episodes		Originally aired
					First aired	Last aired
	1	39	13		September 8, 1990 (1990-09-08)	December 1, 1990 (1990-12-01)
	2	39	13		September 14, 1991 (1991-09-14)	December 7, 1991 (1991-12-07)
	3	78	26		September 12, 1992 (1992-09-12)	December 13, 1992 (1992-12-13)
	4	39	13		September 11, 1993 (1993-09-11)	December 4, 1993 (1993-12-04)

Voice cast[]

• Charlie Adler – Dripple, Lightning Bolt the Super Squirrel, Crazylegs, Rap Rat (in "Rap Rat is Where It's At"), Urfo's Mother (in "Urfo Returns")
• William Callaway – Slowpoke Antonio
• Patrick Fraley – Kyle the Cat, Yolker (in "Super Droop and Dripple Boy Meet the Yolker"), Zebra (in "Love Me, Love My Zebra"), Tyrone the Tiny (in "Barbecue Bust-Up")
• Teresa Ganzel – Miss Vavoom, Lt. Lucy (in "Mess Hall Mouser"), White Tabby (in "Tom Thumped")
• Dick Gautier – Spike
• Phil Hartman – Calaboose Cal, Hot Dog Vendor (in "Pound Hound") Inspector De Paws (in "Pound Hound")
• Don Messick – Droopy, Bat Mouse (in "Bat Mouse"), Narrator (in "Scourge of the Sky")
• Frank Welker – Tom, Jerry, McWolf, Wild Mouse, Urfo, Moncy, Bat Cat (in "Bat Mouse"), Ants (in "This is No Picnic"), Caveman (in "Prehistoric Pals"), Chino the Kitten (in "Who Are You Kitten"), Commander (in "Scourge of the Sky"), Jester (in "When Knights Were Cold"), Male Mouse Students (in "Chase School"), Martian Mouse (in "Martian Mouse"), Museum Manager (in "The Watchcat"), Narrator (in "Wild Mouse II"), Salesmouse (in "S.O.S. Ninja"), Stinky Jr. (in "Fallen Archers," "Order in the Volley Ball Court"), Urfo Catcher (in "Urfo Returns"), Zap Men (in "Maze Monster Zap Men")
• Patric Zimmerman – Tyke

Additional Voices[]

• Brandon Adams
• Joe Alaskey
• Patricia Alice Albrecht
• Lewis Arquette
• Rene Auberjonois
• Michael Bell
• Gregg Berger
• Susan Blu
• Sorrell Booke
• Charlie Brill
• Nicole Brown
• Scott Bullock
• Arthur Burghardt
• Greg Burson
• Hamilton Camp
• Nancy Cartwright
• Marsha Clark
• Selette Cole
• Townsend Coleman
• Danny Cooksey
• Bud Cort
• Jesse Corti
• Peter Cullen
• Brian Cummings - Clyde
• Jim Cummings
• Tim Curry
• Jennifer Darling
• Mari Devon
• Nancy Dussault
• Maggie Egan
• June Foray
• Brad Garrett
• Kathy Garver
• Joan Gerber
• Barry Gordon
• Archie Hahn
• Pamela Hayden
• George Hearn
• Dana Hill
• Jerry Houser
• Tony Jay
• Arte Johnson
• Vicki Juditz
• Zale Kessler
• Kip King
• Paul Kreppel
• Maurice LaMarche
• David Lander
• Allan Lurie
• Sherry Lynn
• Tress MacNeille
• Kenneth Mars
• Chuck McCann
• Edie McClurg
• Diane Michelle
• Brian Mitchell
• Alan Oppenheimer
• Bibi Osterwald
• Gary Owens
• Patricia Parris
• Rob Paulsen
• Pat Pinney
• Henry Polic II
• Tony Pope
• Hal Rayle
• Clive Revill
• Bob Ridgely
• Kimmy Robertson
• Stuart Robinson
• Roger Rose
• Neil Ross
• Ronnie Schell
• Susan Silo
• Hal Smith
• Kath Soucie
• Sally Struthers
• Barbara Stuart
• Marcelo Tubert
• Janet Waldo
• B.J. Ward
• Jimmy Weldon
• Jane Wiedlin
• Lee Wilkof
• April Winchell
• JoAnne Worley

Production and broadcast[]

The series was a co-production between Hanna-Barbera and Turner Entertainment Co, serving as the former's second Tom and Jerry series after The Tom and Jerry Show in 1975. This is the first Tom and Jerry series to be produced by Turner Entertainment, after they had bought the Tom and Jerry franchise from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1986. Parent company Turner Broadcasting System would buy the Hanna-Barbera studios in late 1991 starting with the third season. Perhaps the most notable differences from the classic shorts are the pair's appearances (and ages). Tom & Jerry Kids was one of the last Saturday-morning cartoons from Hanna-Barbera before shifting focus toward producing shows specifically for Cartoon Network.

In 1994, FOX canceled the series and ended its run on FOX Kids on September 4, 1994, but it soon began airing in reruns on Cartoon Network (which Turner launched to showcase its large animation library, including the original Tom and Jerry) in 1995, and ended in 2007 when the show was removed from the Cartoon Network schedule and instead moved over to its sibling network Boomerang. Spacetoon aired this show from 13 July 2000 to 31 December 2004.

Home media[]

In 1991, 12 episodes were put on two VHS cassettes in the United States, although only a few million copies were made. Eleven VHS cassettes were released in the United Kingdom. The series was released on DVD in Germany by Kinowelt Home Entertainment on 11 July 2008, as the first official DVD release.^[4] In 2010, the episode Flippin' Fido was included in the Deluxe Anniversary Collection DVD set.

On 30 April 2013, Warner Home Video released the first season of the show on DVD for the first time. In the United Kingdom, Season One was released as 2 separate DVDs on 12 August 2013, under the titles Baby Tom and Jerry, as part of WB's Big Faces range. Like the U.S. release of Season One, Baby Tom^[5] includes the first seven half-hour episodes, while Baby Jerry^[6] includes the remaining 6 episodes.

DVD Name	Ep #	Release Date
The Complete Season 1	13	30 April 2013

Awards[]

This show was given a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1992 for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition.^{[citation needed]}

Comic book[]

In Mexico, Editorial Vid made a comic book based on Tom & Jerry Kids in 1990. It is worth noting that Tom and Jerry (the original adult versions) have their own comic book here, and the Tom & Jerry Kids comic book is followed by Tom and Jerry.

See also[]

• The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)
• The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
• Tom and Jerry Tales
• The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)
• Tom and Jerry Special Shorts
• Tom and Jerry in New York
• List of Tom & Jerry Kids episodes
• List of characters in Tom & Jerry Kids
• List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions

References[]

External links[]

• Tom & Jerry Kids at IMDb